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BULLETIN OF THE WISCONSIN STATE 
BOARD OF INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION 



NO. 1 

Revised, 1916 



Laws of Wisconsin 



RELATING TO 



Industrial Education 



COMPILED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF 

THE STATE BOARD OF INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION 



MADISON 

Published by the Board 

1916 









Wisconsin State Board of Industrial 
Education 



President: Secretary: 

H. E. Miles, Racine Frank L. Glynn, Madison 

Employer Members: Employee Members: 

A. S. Lindemann, Milwaukee Frank L. Clark, Madison 

H. E. Miles, Racine Murt Malone, Oshkosh 

E. W. Schultz, Sheboygan William N. Miller, Eau Claire 

Ex-OFFicio Members: 

G. P. Gary, State Superintendent of Education 

Louis E. Reber, Dean, University Extension Division, University of 
Wisconsin 

F E. Turneaure, Dean, College of Engineering, University of Wis- 
consin 



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TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page No. 

1 Introduction 5 

II Laws on Industrial Education 6 

A State Board of Industrial Education 6 

Organization of board, Appointment and term of ofTice, 
Powers and duties, Assistant for industrial education. 
Civil service appointments. 

B, Local Boards of Industrial Education 7 

Location and purpose. Personnel of local boards, Ap- 
pointment and term of office, Organization and powers. 
State aid to schools. Employment of teachers, Purchasing 
power. Contracts with Extension Division, Demand for 
instruction. Budget estimate. Tax levy. Rate of tax levy, 
Exclusive use of taxes levied, Disbursements by local 
board only. Income, Courses of study. Maximum state 
aid. Title to state aid, Report to state superintendent, 
Payment of state aid. Pro-rating of state aid, Resident 
pupils. Non-resident pupils. Student fees. 

C Trustees of Stout Institute 11 

Definition of powers. General powers and duties, Purpose 
of Stout Institute, Specified powers and duties, Relation 
to other statutes. 

D Compensations and Appropriations 12 

Compensation of members of State Board of Industrial 
Education, Compensation of superintendent and assist- 
ants for industrial education. Appropriation for State 
aid to State Board of Industrial Education, Compensa- 
tion of truant officers. Minimum wages of teachers em- 
ployed in state aid schools. Appropriation for supervis- 
ing apprentices, Tax levy. 

Ill Laws on School Attendance 14 

A Minors 7 to 14 and 14 to 16 years of age, unemployed 14 

Term of attendance, Exceptions, Penalty for non- 
attendance, Prosecution, Defense, Certification of age, 
Court jurisdiction. Alternative. 

B Child Labor, Minors 14 to 16 years of age 16 

(a) School attendance. 

Term of attendance, Total hours at school. Reduction in 
hours of work. Violation. 

(b) Term of employment and its relation to school at- 
tendance. 

To have permits. Parents' responsibility, Record of at- 
tendance for employer. Excused from attendance. No 
excuses. Penalty for violation on employer. Penalty 
for violation on parent. 

(c) Permit, Vacation employment permits required, 
Contents of minor's permit. Evidence necessary to secure 
permits. 

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C Child Labor, Minor 16 to 17 years 19 

Terms of attendance, Penalty for violation. 

D Minors to 18 years Employed as Apprentices 19 

Definition of apprentice, Definition of indenture. Term 
of apprenticeship. Signatures, Content of indenture, 
Duty of employer. Overtime, Indenture annulled only 
by commission, Jurisdiction of industrial commission, 
School officers to cooperate, Contracts now in force, • 
Minors to be indentured, Trade industry defined. 
Provisions for other minors, Exceptions may be made. 

E Enforcement of Laws 22 

(a) Truant officers. 

Appointment of. Duties of. Powers of. 

(b) School census. 

Three copies. Joint districts. Reports of teachers. Clerks' 
duties, Teachers' records, Penalty for non-compliance. 

(c) Duties of school and truancy officers. 

Compare enrollment with census. Truants' names re- 
ported by superintendent, Parents notified by truant 
officers. Content of notice. To enter complaint. Prosecu- 
tion of parent. No warrant required. Truants reported 
monthly by superintendent, Notice served by truant 
officers, Teacher reports pupil's return. Truant officers 
report. Penalty, Use of forfeiture. Census officer's duty. 

(d) Responsibility of parents or guardians. 
Notice to be served. Investigation, Penalty. 

(e) Prosecutions. 

On complaint of school officers. By the industrial com- 
mission. Court jurisdiction. Enforcement of school 
attendance. 

IV Laws related to the Laws on Industrial Education 28 

A State Superintendent and Public Sentiment 28 

B University Extension Division 28 



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C Special Use of School Buildings and Grounds 28 _ 

For children and adults. Petition if necessary. Budget m 

estimate. Disbursements, Tax levy submitted to votes. m 

Tax levy annually collected. Board of school directors 
empowered. Free lectures, Book purchase. Funds. 

D Trade Schools 31 

Who may establish. Supervision, Maintenance, Duties 
and powers of school boards, Advisory committee. 
Student fees. Use of funds, Emergency provision. An- 
nouncement of intention to establish. Referendum per- 
mitted. Conduct of election, Adjoining districts. Result 
of election. If petition not made. 

E City Technical Schools 33 

Appendix 34 



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CHAPTER I 
INTRODUCTION 

This bulletin has been compiled with the intention of gathering to- 
gether the laws on, or related to, the industrial education of persons over 
fourteen years of age, who for various reasons are not pupils in the estab- 
lished public schools of the state. After the age of fourteen years a large 
number of children leave the schools and enter employment of some 
sort, and their education heretofore has been, of necessity, limited. 

Chapter II contains the laws known as the Laws on Industrial Edu- 
cation. For the most part these were enacted by the legislature of 1911 
but were later revised and enlarged by the legislatures of 1913 and 1915. 
They are designed to provide such educational opportunities as will 
tend to make better and more efTicient workmen of untrained employees. 
This chapter constitutes the most important section of this bulletin. 

Chapter III contains the laws relating to the required attendance at 
school of minors between the ages of fourteen and eighteen. The laws 
making provision for the schooling of those minors who are at work, are 
here given, as well as the laws governing truancy. According to the law 
apprentices under eighteen years of age are required to attend school 
five hours a week or the equivalent thereof, and the making of the appren- 
ticeship contract is supervised by the Industrial Commission of the state. 
They are thus considered wards of the Industrial Commission. The 
commission turns them over to the State Board of Industrial Education, 
which body, with the State Department of Pubhc Instruction, through 
the administration of the local boards of industrial education, gives them 
the part time school training required by law. This chapter also contains 
the laws on enforcement. 

There have been enacted at various times other laws which relate to 
Industrial Education. These are given in Chapter IV of this bulletin. 
They cover the relation of the State Superintendent of Pubhc Instruction 
to industrial education, the establisnment of educntional extension and 
correspondence teaching, the authorization of the establishment of city 
technical and trade schools, and the special use 'of existing school buildings 
and grounds for vocational education. This bulletin does not cover the 
laws governing the Platteville Mining Trades School, nor those relating 
to agricultural education. 

The endeavor has been made to arrange these laws in a convenient 
manner and make them readily useful in the determination of any questions 
which may arise in connection with them They are well indexed and a 
complete list of them is given' in the appendix. The bulletin will be a 
valuable and authoritative handbook for those interested in industrial 
education in Wisconsin. 



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CHAPTER II 
LAWS ON INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION 

A.— STATE BOARD OF INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION 

Section 553p — 1. 1. There is hereby created a state board of industrial 

education to be appointed by the governor. The board shall consist of six 

^ . , appointive members, three of whom shall be employers 

„ of labor and three of whom shall be skilled employes. 

- _. The state superintendent of education and the dean of 

the extension department and the dean of the college of 

engineering of the University of Wisconsin shall be ex officio members of 

this board. 

2. Each appointive member shall hold office for two years. In the first 
appointments the governor shall designate three members to serve for one 

. . year and three members to serve for two years from the 

, first day of July of the year in which the appointments 

„ are made. All appointments thereafter shall be for two 

years except appointments to fill vacancies, which shall 

be for the unexpired portion of the term. 

3. Said board: (1) Shall have control over all state aid given under 
sections 553p — -1 to 553p — 15, inclusive; (2) shall meet quarterly and at 
p J such other times as may be found necessary; (3) shall 
J . report biennially; (4) may employ assistants for the 

development of the work of industrial education and all 
accounts for such salaries shall be certified by the secretary of said board to 
the secretary of state. In the performance of the duties prescribed by the 
board, the state superintendent of public instruction shall be the executive 
officer of the board in directing the activities of the assistants provided for 
in this act, and they shall report to him and to the board in such manner 
and at such times as he may direct or the board may order. 

Section 553p — 2. 1. The state superintendent of education shall ap- 
point an assistant in the department of public instruction to be known as 
. . - the assistant for industrial education. He shall with the 

. ' advice, consent and direction of the state superintendent 

of education have general supervision over the public 
industrial schools and over all public evening schools, 
continuation schools and commercial schools created under sections 553p — 
1 to 553p — 15, inclusive. The laws relating to agricultural schools and the 
Platteville mining trade school shall remain unaffected by said sections. 

2. [Repealed by 1913 chap. 772, section 115.] 

3. The state superintendent of education shall have in addition to the 

. assistant for industrial education such other assistants 

as he shall deem necessary for work in the same general 
assistants „ , , 

field. 

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4. All positions except that of assistant for industrial education shall 
Civil service be filled by civil service examination, as provided by 
appointments sections 990 — 1 to 990 — 32, inclusive. 

B.— LOCAL BOARDS OF INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION 

Section 553p — 3. 1. In every town or village or city of over five 
thousand inhabitants there shall be, and in towns, cities and villages of 
less than five thousand inhabitants there may be a local 
Location and ^^^^^ ^^ industrial education, whose duty it shall be to 
purpose establish, foster and maintain schools for instruction in 

trades and industries, commerce and household arts in part-time-da>', 
all-day and evening classes and such other branches as are enumerated 
in subsection 1 of section 553p — 5 of the statutes. Said board may take 
over and maintain in the manner provided in sections 553p — 1 to 553p — 15, 
inclusive, any existing schools of similar nature. 

2. Such board shall consist of the city superintendent of schools ex 
officio or the principal of the high school ex officio, if there be no city 

superintendent, of the president or chairman of the local 
Fersonne o ^Q^rd charged with the supervision of the schools in case 
local oar there be neither of the above mentioned officers, and four 

other members, two employers and two employes, who shall be appointed 
by the local board charged with the supervision of the schools and who 
shall serve without pay. 

3. The term of the appointive members of the local boards of industrial 
education shall be two years from the first of January of the year in which 

they are appointed; provided, however, that in the first 
ppointment, appointment two members shall be appointed who are to 
^^ serve for only one year from the first of January of the 

year in which they are appointed. All subsequent appoint- 
ments shall be for two years, except appointments to fill vacancies, which 
shall be for the unexpired portion of the term. 

4. The local board of industrial education shall elect its officers from its 
membership, a chairman and a secretary. The local boards of industrial 
_ . . education, with the co-operation of the state board of 

rganization jj^^j^gi-pj^j education, shall have general supervision of 
an powers ^j^^ instruction in the local schools created under sections 
553p — 1 to 553p — -15, inclusive. 

5. No state aid shall be granted to schools created under sections 
553p — 1 to 553p — 15, inclusive, without the approval of the local board 
-_ of industrial education. No money appropriated by the 

us approve ^^^^^ town or village for these schools shall be spent with- 
s a e ai . Qut the approval of the local board of industrial education. 

6. The teachers in the schools created under sections 553p — 1 to 553p- 

15, inclusive, shall be employed and their qualifi- 
o emp oy cations determined by the local board of industrial educ-a- 
teacners 

tion. 

7. This board shall have power to purchase all machinery, tools and 

_ , . supplies, and purchase or lease suitable grounds or build- 

FurchasinK ,. ., <• i, i i i •. 

ings for the use of the schools under its supervision. 

power Existing school buildings and equipment shall be used as 

far as practicable. 

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8. The board is empowered to make contracts with the extension divi- 
„ sion of the University of Wisconsin to give instruction in 

. , „ such branches as the department may offer, when in the 

•p. . . judgment of the local board such instruction can be 

secured to better advantage than by local provision. 

9, Whenever twenty-five persons qualified to attend an industrial, 
commercial, continuation or evening school file a petition therefor with 
^ , the local board of industrial education the board shall 
. , establish such school or schools or provide other facilities 

as authorized in sections 553p — 1 to 553p — 15, inclusive. 
Section 553p — 4. 1. The local board of industrial education of every 
city, village or town shall report to the common council, or village or town 
rp J clerk at or before the first day of September in each year, 

, ^^ the amount of money required for the next fiscal year 

. " for the support of all the schools established or to be 

established under sections 553p — 1 to 553p— 15, inclu- 
sive, in said city, village or town, and for the purchase of necessary addi- 
tions to school sites, fixtures and supplies. 

2. There shall be levied and collected in every city, village or town, 
subject to taxation under sections 553p — 1 to 553p — 15, inclusive, a tax 
rj, , upon all taxable property in said city, village or town, 

at the same time and in the same rnanner as other taxes 
are levied and collected by law, which together with the other funds pro- 
vided by law and placed at the disposal of said city, village or town for the 
same purpose, shall be equal to the amount of money so required by said 
local board of industrial education for the purposes of said sections. 

3. The rate of tax levied for the purposes of sections 553p — 1 to 553p — ■ 

„ /? 15, inclusive, in any town, village or city shall not in any 

, one year exceed one-half mill for the maintenance of all 

tax levy , , , , 

schools created under said sections. 

4. The said taxes for the purpose named in this section shall be in addi- 
tion to all other special and general taxes levied for town, village or city 
^ , . purposes and shall be for the use and support of schools 

~ e J established under sections 553p — 1 to 553p— 15, inclu- 

ot fund f f ' 

sive. 

5. The treasurer of the town, village or city shall keep such money 

separate from all other money, to be used exclusively for the purpose of 

D* h H h industrial education as provided in sections 553p — 1 to 

, , , , 553p — -15, inclusive. All moneys appropriated and ex- 
local board , , , . , , ,, , , , , , ■ 
. pended under said sections shall be expended by the local 

board of industrial education and shall be paid by the 

town, village or city treasurer on orders issued by said board and signed 

by its president and secretary. 

6. All moneys received by said board shall be paid to the town, village 
I or city treasurer for the fund of the local board of in- 
dustrial education. 

Section 553p — 5. 1. The courses of study in these schools shall be 

approved by the state superintendent of education and the state board of 

^ industrial education, and shall include English, citizen- 

Courses , . . . , , . , , p ,. 1 • 

„ ^ J ship, sanitation and hygiene and the use of safety devices, 

of study V 1 , ■ , , . , 

and such other branches as the state superintendent and 

the state board of industrial education shall approve. 

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2. The local board of industrial education may allow pupils attending 
any school established under sections 553p— 1 to 553p — 15, inclusive, 
who have had courses equivalent to any of those offered, to substitute 
other work therefor. 

Section 553p — 6. 1. Not more than twenty thousand dollars for any 

one city of the first class, nor more than ten thousand dollars for any other 

. one city, town or village shall be appropriated from the 

axtmum state funds for the purposes of sections 553p — 1 to 

Sl^3.tG 9.1.0. 

553p^l5, mclusive, m any one year. 

2. A school once granted state aid shall be entitled thereto as long as 

the character of its work meets with the approval of the 
. , state superintendent of education and the state board of 

industrial education. 

3. The secretary of the local board of industrial education of each city, 
town or village in which such school or schools are maintained, shall on 
P the first day of July in each year, report to the state 

superintendent of education the cost of maintaining the 
. , school, the character of the work done, the number. 

names and qualifications of the teachers employed, and 
such other information as may be required by the state superintendent of 
education. 

4. If such report is satisfactory to the state superintendent of educa- 
tion and the state board of industrial education, and they are satisfied that 

the school or schools have been maintained in a satisfac- 
rayment ot ^^^.^ Planner for not less than eight months during the 
state aid ^^^^ ending the thirtieth of the preceding June, the state 

superintendent of education shall make a certificate to that effect and file 
it with the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall then draw a 
warrant payable to the treasurer of such city, town or village in which 
such industrial school is located, for a sum equal to one-half the amount 
actually expended for maintenance and salaries ot teachers for instruction 
specified in subsection 1 of section 553p-3 of the statutes, but in no case 
shall the amount appropriated exceed twenty thousand dollars for any 
one city of the first class, nor more than ten thousand dollars for any 
other one city, town or village. 

5. If the appropriation provided for in section 172-49 of the statutes 
is not sufficient to pay the approved claims in any one year under the 

, provisions of subsection 4 of this section, then the funds 

rora mg^ available shall be distributed among the towns, villages 

and cities entitled to aid in the proportion that the 
amount due any town, village or city, bears to the total amount of aid de- 
manded in any one year by all the towns, villages and cities entitled to aid 
under the provisions of sections 553p-l to 553p-9, inclusive, and 553p-15 
of the statutes. 

Section 553p-7. The schools established under sections 553p-l to 

553p-15, inclusive, shall be open to all residents of the cities, towns atod 

villages in which such schools a:re located, of fourteen 

years of age or over who are not by law required to attend 

*^ . other schools, and to all persons over fourteen years of 

^ age employed in said cities, towns or villages but who are 

residents of other municipalities maintaining industrial, continuation, 

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commercial or evening schools; provided that no such person who is a 
resident of any municipality maintaining industrial, continuation or even- 
ing schools, shall be recived in or admitted to classes in any such school in 
any other municipality, except upon presentation to the authorities of 
such school of the written approval of the local board of industrial educa- 
tion having charge of such school in the municipality wherein such person 
resides. Any city, town or village maintaining industrial schools as pro- 
vided in sections 553p-l to 553p-15, inclusive, that shall, as herein pro- 
vided, admit to the privileges of such schools persons employed in such 
municipalities, but who are residents of other municipalities maintaining 
industrial schools, is empowered to collect tuition for the schooling of 
such nonresident persons, from the municipality in which the parents or 
guardians of such persons reside, in the same manner and at the same 
rate of tuition as is provided for the collection of tuition for nonresident 
pupils in section 553p-8. Any person over the age of fourteen who shall 
reside in any town, village or city not having an industrial school as pro- 
vided in said sections, and who is otherwise qualified to pursue the course 
of study may with the approval of the local board of industrial education 
in any town, village or city having a school established under said sec- 
tions, be allowed to attend any school under their supervision. Such per- 
sons shall be subject to the same rules and regulations as pupils of the 
school who are residents of the town, village or city in which the school 
is located. 

Section 553p-8. The local board of industrial education is authorized 
to charge tuition fee for nonresident pupils not to exceed fifty cents per 
week. On or before the first day of July in each year the 
Nonresident gggj-etary of the local board of industrial education shall 
pupils ggj^^ ^ sworn statement to the clerk of the city, village 

or town from which any such person or persons may have been admitted. 
This statement shall set forth the residence, name, age and date of entrance 
to such school, and the number of weeks' attendance during the preceding 
year of each such person at the school. It shall show the amount of tuition 
which under the provisions of this act the town, city or village is entitled to 
receive on account of each and all such pupils' attendance. This statement 
shall be filed as a claim against the town, village or city where such pupil 
resides and allowed as other claims are allowed. 

Section 553p-9. Students attending any school under sections 553p-l 
to 553p-15, inclusive, may be required to pay for all material consumed 
by them in their work in such school at cost prices or in 
Student ^^^ thereof the school board may establish a fixed sum 

to be paid by each student in each course, which sum 
shall be sufficient to cover, as nearly as may be, the cost of the material 
to be consumed in such course; any manufactured articles made in such 
school and that may accumulate shall be disposed of at their market 
value at the discretion of the school board, and the proceeds shall be paid 
to the local treasurer for the fund of the local board of industrial edu- 
cation. 



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C— TRUSTEES OF THE STOUT INSTITUTE 

Section 553p-10. The state board of industrial education shall also 

constitute a body corporate under the name of the "Board of Trustees of 

. . the Stout Institute," and shall possess all powers neces- 

e ni ion ^^^^^ ^^ convenient to accomplish the objects and perform 

** ?°^^ the duties prescribed by law. In such capacity, such 

" °^'" board shall also employ such clerks and assistants as may 

be necessary to properly conduct its affairs. The state treasurer shall be 
ex officio treasurer of the board, but the board shall appoint a suitable 
person to receive fees or other moneys that may be due such board, to 
account therefor, and to pay such moneys, within one week of their re- 
ceipt, to the state treasurer. Such payments shall be credited to Stout 
Institute. 

Section 553p-ll. Such board is authorized to accept free of cost to 

the state and to ho'd as a trustee for the state, the property of the Stout 

institute located at Menominee, Wisconsin, and to main- 

enera ^^.^ ^^^^ institute under the name of "The Stout Insti- 

powers and ^^^^ „ p^-Q^i^jg^j^ tj^^t the trustees of said Stout Institute 

^ ^^* turn over to the state, within two months after the passage 

and publication of this a?.t, said property free and clear of all incum- 
brances and debt, released from all claims or interest which the city of 
Menominee or the heirs of John H. Stout may have had in said property 
and having put the buildings in good condition, and having made such 
repairs as may be necessary before turning over said property. The board 
is also authorized to accept such other property or moneys as it may deem 
advisable to be accepted which can profitably be used by it in promoting 
the interests .entrusted to it. Such board may purchase, have, hold, con- 
trol, possess and enjoy, in trust, for the state, for educational purposes, 
any lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods and chattels, of any nature, 
which may be necessary and required to accomplish the purposes and ob- 
jects of the board, and may sell or dispose of any personal property when 
in its judgment it shall be for the interests of the state. 

Section 533p-12. The purposes and objects of the institute shall be 
to instruct young persons in industrial arts and occupations and the 
theory and art of teaching such, and to give such instruc- 
Purpose of ^.^^ ^^ ^.jj j^^^ ^^ ^ ^^^^ knowledge of the liberal arts, a 
institute j^^^ ^^^ seemly appreciation of the nobility and dignity 

^f labor, and in general to promote diligence, economy, efficiency, honor 
^nd good citizenship. 

Section 553p-13. The said board shall have power: 

(1) To make rules, regulations and by-laws for the 
Specified government and management of the institute and the 

powers and students therein, including the power to suspend or expel 

"**®* students for misconduct or other cause. 

(2) To appoint a president of the institute and other officers, teachers 
and assistants, and to employ such other persons as may be required; to 
fix the salary of each person so appointed or employed and to prescribe 
their several duties; to remove at pleasure any president, other officer, 
teacher, assistant or person from any office or employment in connection 
with the institute. 

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(3) To purchase such suppUes as may be necessary in the conduct of 
the institute and its various departments. 

(4) To prescribe rules, regulations and terms for the admission and 
control of the students, to prescribe courses of study and methods and 
means of instruction, and to issue certificates or diplomas. 

(5) To co-operate with other educational institutions and agencies in 
instruction and training, leading to efl^iciency in industrial arts and occu- 
pations. 

Section 553p-14. [Repealed by 1913 c. 677s. 2] (See section 172-49, 
section 1.) 

Section 553p-15. All acts and parts of arts conflicting with any pro- 
visions of this act are repealed in so far as they are inconsistent therew th. 
„ , . Provided, however, nothing in this act shall be construed 

, to interfere in any manner with trade schools established 

under sections 926-22 to 926-30, inclusive, and amend- 
ments thereof, unless the school board of any such city 
or school district shall by a majority vote adopt the provisions of sections 
553p-l to 553p-15, inclusive, and shall proceed in the manner provided 
for, for every town, village or city of over five thousand inhabitants, as 
provided in said sections. 

D.— COMPENSATIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS 

(a) Compensations 

Of Appointive Members State Board of Industrial Education. 

Section 170. 59. Each appointive member of the state board of in- 
dustrial education shall receive a compensation of one hundred dollars 
per year and shall be entitled to receive actual and necessary traveling 
expenses. Such compensation and expenses shall be charged to the ap- 
propriation to the state board of industrial education. 

Of Superintendent and Assistants for Industrial Education. 

Section 170. 5. The state superintendent shall receive an annual 
salary of five thousand dollars. The assistant state superintendent and 
the various assistants or inspectors, other than the assistants for industrial 
education, and other employes under the said superintendent shall receive 
such salary or compensation as shall be fixed by him. The assistants for 
industrial education shall receive such salary or compensation as shall be 
fixed by the superintendent with the approval of the state board of in- 
dustrial education. The said superintendent, his assistants, inspectors and 
other subordinates shall receive their actual and necessary traveling 
expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties. Such salaries, 
compensations and expenses shall be charged to the appropriation for the 
superintendent of public instruction. 

Of Truant Officers. 

Section 439cd. 1. Truant officers in cities of the first, second or third 
classes shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed 
n ^ arger ^^ ^^^ boards of education of such cities or boards having 

similar powers. , 

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2. The chief of poHce and the police officers of cities of the fourth class 

_, . may perform the duties of truant officers in addition to 

- ^ - the other duties devolving upon them, and shall re- 

lourtn class , j j-.- i j.- .■• e 

ceive no extra or additional compensation therefor. 

3. When the sheriff, undersheriff, and his deputies are acting as 
truant officers as provided herein, they shall be paid the same fees as 
_ provided for such officers in criminal actions brought 

. . ^ under the laws of this state, and in counties where the 

sheriff and deputies are paid an annual salary they shall 

receive their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of 

their duties as truant officers, but no extra compensation shall be allowed. 

(b) Appropriations 

To State Board of Industrial Education. 

Section 172 — 49. 1. There is annually appropriated on July first, to 
the state board of industrial education out of any money in the general 
fund not otherwise appropriated, a sum not to exceed one hundred fifty 
thousand dollars, to carry into effect the provisions of sections 553p^-l 
and 553p — 3 to 553p — 9, inclusive, and section 553p — 15. No part of this 
appropriation shall be available as state aid to continuation schools for the 
school year ending June 30, 1913. 

[Balance of section relates to Stout Institute specific appropriations.] 
Section 5531 — 1. No state aid shall be granted to any school for 
instruction given in agriculture, domestic economy, manual training or 
, industrial branches, unless the salary paid to every 

teacher instructing in such subjects be at least at the 
wage or ^^^^ ^^ sixty dollars per month; provided, that no school 

district, offering instruction in such special branches 
shall be deprived of its right to share in the apportionment of state aid, 
that employs persons at a less salary per month to assist the legally quali- 
fied teachers in conducting such special work. 

For Supervising Apprentices. 

Section 172 — 15. 5. There is annually appropriated, beginning 
July 1, 1915, three thousand five hundred dollars, payable from any 
moneys in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, for the industrial 
commission to carry out the provisions of sections 2377 to 2387, inclusive, 
of the statutes. 

(c) Tax Levies. 

Section 925q — -163. 2. The common council of any such city shall 
have power to levy annually in addition to the above sums a tax for 
the following purposes and in the following amounts respectively: . . . 

also for a trade school fund, a sum not exceeding three-tenths (.3) of 

_, , a mill upon each dollar of the total assessed valuation of all 

property, real and personal, in said city, subject to 
schools 

taxation: ... 

also for an industrial education fund, a sum not exceeding one-half (|) 

. of a mill upon each dollar of the total assessed valuation 

. .^ . ~. of all property, real and personal, in said citv, subject 
trial schools ^ , ^. 

to taxation. 

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CHAPTER III 
LAWS ON SCHOOL ATTENDANCE 

A.— MINORS 7 TO 14 YEARS AND 14 TO 16 YEARS NOT 

EMPLOYED 

Section 439a. 1. Any person having under his control any child be- 
tween the ages of seven and fourteen years, or any child between the ages 
of fourteen and sixteen years not regularly and lawfully 
employed in any useful employment or service at home 
or elsewhere, shall cause such child to be enrolled in and to 
attend some public, parochial or private school regularly (regular at- 
tendance for the purpose of this statute shall be an attendance of twenty 
days in each school month, unless the child can furnish some legal excuse), 
in cities of the first class during the full period and hours of the calendar 
year (religious holidays excepted) that the public, parochial or private 
school in which such child is enrolled may be in session; in all other cities 
not less than eight school months; and in towns and villages not less than 
six school months in each year, and all children subject to the provisions 
of this act shall be enrolled in some public, parochial or private school 
within one school month after the commencement of the school term in 
the district in which such children reside, except that in cities of the first 
class such children shall be enrolled at the time of the opening of the school 
which they will attend (and the word "term," for the purpose of this act, 
shall be construed to mean the entire time that school is maintained during 
the school year) ; provided that this section shall not apply to any child not 
p . in proper physica,! or mental condition to attend school, 

who shall present the certificate of a reputable physician 
in general practice to that effect, nor to any child who lives in country 
districts more than two miles by the nearest traveled road from the school- 
house in the district where such child resides; provided that if transporta- 
tion is furnished by the district this exemption as to distance shall not 
apply, nor shall this section apply to any child who shall have completed 
the course of study for the common schools of this state or the first eight 
grades of work as taught in state graded or other graded schools of Wis- 
consin, and can furnish the proper diploma, certificate, or credential 
showing that he has completed one of said courses of study, or its equiva- 
lent. Instruction during the required period elsewhere than at school, by a 
teacher or instructor selected by the person having control of such child 
shall be equivalent to school attendance, provided that such instruction 
received elsewhere than in school be at least substantially equivalent to 

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instruction given to children of like ages in the public, parochial or private 

school where such children reside. Any person who shall violate the pro- 

p 1 , f visions of this section shall upon con^^ction thereof, 

J be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor 

more than fifty dollars, together with costs of prosecution, 

or by imprisonnient in the county jail not exceeding three 
months, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the 
p . court, for each offense. It shall be the duty of the district 

attorney and his assistants to prosecute in the name of 
the state all violations of the provisions of this section. Any person who 
1^ „ shall be proceeded against under the provisions of this 

section may prove in defense that he is unable to compel 
the child under his control to attend school or to work, and he shall be 
thereupon discharged from liability, and such child shall be proceeded 
against as incorrigible, or otherwise, according to law, and in case of com- 
mitment, if the parents or person having control of such child desire it, 
such child shall be committed to a school or association controlled by per- 
sons of the same religious faith as such child, which is willing and able to 

„ .„ . receive and maintain it without compensation from the 

Certification , ,. . ^^„ ,. j xu- 

. public treasury. When m any proceedmgs under this 

section there is any doubt as to the age of any child, a 
verified baptismal certificate or duly attested birth certificate shall be 
produced and filed in court. In case such certificates cannot be secured, 
upon proof of such fact, the record of age stated in the first school en- 
rollment of such child or first school enrollment to be found shall be 
admissible as evidence thereof. 

2. Prosecutions for violation of this section may also be brought in 
„ the juvenile court in and for the county in which such 

. ,. . violations occur, and said court is herebv granted full 

lurisdiction , . • • i- .- ^i r 

and concurrent jurisdiction thereoi. 

Section 439a — 1. Any person between the ages of fourteen and six- 
teen, living within two miles of the school of any town, or within the cor- 
_, - _. porate limits of any city or village and not physically 

T»*. ,i ,, incapacitated, who is not required by- section 439a to 
Minor 14 to 16 ^, ^, ' ,. . ^ u , u . i u 

I . attend some public, private or parochial school, ana who is 

not attending a free high school or equivalent of a high 
school, must either attend some public, private, or parochial school, or 
attend for at least five hours a week for six months, or four hours a week 
for eight months an industrial, continuation, or commercial school, pro- 
vided such school, or schools, are maintained according to the provisions of 
sections 553p — 1 to 553p— 9, inclusive, in the town, village or city in which 
his parents or guardians reside. This section shall apply only to persons 
between the ages of fourteen and sixteen living in towns, \TJlages and cities 
maintaining schools as provided in sections 553p — 1 to 553p — ^9, inclusive, 
of the statutes. 



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B.— CHILD LABOR MINORS 14 TO 16 YEARS 

(a) School Attendance. 

Section 1728c — 1. 1. Whenever any day continuation classes, indus- 
trial school or commercial school shall be established in any town, village 
_, . or city in this state for minors between the ages of fourteen 

, and sixteen, working under permit as now provided by 

law, every such child, residing within any town, village 
or city in which any such school is established, shall attend such school 
in the daytime not less than five hours per week for eight months in 
each year, until such child becomes sixteen years of age, or four hours per 
week for ten months, as may be determined by the local board of in- 
dustrial education, and every employer shall allow all minor employes 
over fourteen and under sixteen years of age a reduction in hours of work 
of not less than the number of hours the minor is by this section required 
to attend school. 

2. The total number of hours spent by such minors at work and in 

the before-mentioned schools shall together not exceed the total number 

_, , , of hours of work for which minors over fourteen and 

iotal hours j • . c i, i u i j 

under sixteen years of age may by law be employed, 

except when the minor shall attend school a greater 
niurtiber of hours than is required by law, in which case the total num- 
ber of hours may be increased by the excess of the hours oi' school attend- 
ance over the minimum prescribed by law. 

3. Employers shall allow the reduction in hours of work at the time when 

. . the classes which the minor is by law required to attend, 

„ - are held whenever the working time and the class time 
hours oi work . , 

coincide. 

4. Any violation of this section shall be punished as is provided in the 
Violation case of violation of section 1728a of the statutes. 

(b) Term of employment and its Relation to School Attendance 
of Minors over 14 years ol age. 

Section 1728a — 11. No person shall employ a minor over fourteen years 

of age in any city, village or town in which a public evening school or 

continuation school, for the industry in which the minor 

. is to work„ is maintained, unless he receives and places 

ave permi ^^ ^^j^ ^ written permit issued by the commissioner of 

labor, state factory inspector or any asisstant factory 

inspector, or from the judge of a juvenile court where such child resides, 

authorizing the employment of the minor, as provided in section 1728b 

of the statutes, and certifying either to his ability to read at sight and 

write legibly simple sentences in the English language, or that he is a 

regular attendant at the public evening school or continuation school. 

Section 1728a — 12. No parent, guardian or custodian shall permit a 
Parents' minor over fourteen years of age who has not the certi- 

responsibility tificate referred to in section 1728a — 11 to be employed. 

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Section 1728a — ^13. Any minor over fourteen years of age, required by 

section 1728a — 11 to attend an evening school or con- 

1 1 ^^ J tinuation school, shall furnish to his employer each week 
school attend- J • •, • ,,-,,.,. 

durmg its session a record showing that he is a regular 

, attendant at the evening school or continuation school. 

^ ^ The employer shall file all records of attendance with the 

minor's permit to work, and no minor, subject to sections 1728a — 11 to 

1728a — 17, inclusive, shajl be employed unless the records of attendance 

or absence for valid cause during the previous week be on file. 

Section 1728a — 14. Upon presentation by a minor of a certificate 
signed by a registered practicing physician, showing that his physical 
p _ , ~ condition, or the distance necessary to be traveled, 

, , , would render the required school attendance, in addition 

to his daily labor, prejudicial to his health, the commission- 
er of labor, state factory inspector or any assistant factory 
inspector, may issue a permit authorizing his employment for such period 
as he may determine. 

Section 1728a — 15. No permit issued under section 1728a shall excuse 

ivT any minor from attendance at evening school, or evening 

No excuse x- x- i i 

continuation school. 

Section 1728a — 16. Any person, firm or corporation, agent or manager 
of any corporation, who whether for himself or for such firm or corporation, 
p 1* f or by himself or through agents, servants or foremen, 

... shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions 

vioaionon ^^ sections 1728a— 11 to 1728—15, inclusive, of the 
employer ... i n i i t -, ^ • , 

statutes, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 

upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than ten nor more than one 

hundred dollars for each offense. Any corporation which by its agents, 

officers or servants shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions 

of sections 1728a — 11 to 1728 — 15, inclusive, shall be liab'e to the same 

penalty which may be recovered against such corporation in action for 

debt or assumpsit, brought before any court of competent jurisdiction. 

Section 1728a — 17. Any parent or guardian who suffers or permits a 

minor to be employed, or suffered or permitted to work in violation of 

Penalt for sections 1728a— 12 and 1728a— 13 of the statutes, shall 

... be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, 

shall be fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five 
on parent , ,, •' 

dollars. 

(c) Permits Required. 

Section 1728a 1. No child between the ages of fourteen and sixteen 
years shall be employed, required, suffered or permitted to work at any 
time in any factory or workshop, store, hotel, restaurant, bakery, mercan- 
tile establishment, laundry, telegraph, telephone or public messenger 
service, or the delivery of any merchandise or at any gainful occupation, 
or employment, directly or indirectly, unless there is first obtained from 
the commissioner of labor, state factory inspector or any assistant factory 
inspector or from the judge of the county court or municipal court or from 
the judge of a juvenile court where such child resides, a written permit 
authorizing the employment of such child within such time cr times as the 
said commissioner of labor, state factory inspector, any assistant factory 

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inspector, county judge, municipal judge, or judge of a juvenile court may 
fix; providing, that such times shall not conflict with those designated in 
subsection 1, of section 1728c, and that no officer herein mentioned shall 
have power to delegate the duty of granting permits to any subordinate 
officer or other person. 

Section 1728a — ^3. 1. The permit required by section 1728a of the 

statutes shall state the name, the date and place of birth of the child, and 

P describe the color of hair and eyes, the height and weight, 

„ and any distinguishing facial marks of such child, and that 

the papers required in subsection 2 hereof have been duly 

examind, approved and filed. 

2. The following evidence, records and papers shall be filed before such 

ivT permit is issued: 

IN cccssiir'v 

.J (1) Evidence showing that such child is fourteen years 

evidence to ' ' . r ,x. t u ■ t 

. 01 age m one oi the tollowmg forms: 
secure permit . - » , , .. . , , • . ^ , , • , 

(a) A duly attested transcript of the birth certificate, 

filed as prescribed by law with the register of vital statistics, or other officer 

charged with the duty of recording births. 

(b) A certificate of a person in charge of a public school in the state or 
elsewhere, having a course of not less than eight years, or of a school in the 
state other than a public school, having a substantially equivalent course 
of study of not less than eight years' duration, in which school a record 
of the attendance of such child has been kept, showing that such child is a 
graduate of such school, and that according to the records kept in such 
school, such child is at least fourteen years of age; or 

(c) A passport or a duly attested transcript of a certificate of baptism, 
showing the date and place of baptism of such child. 

(d) If such proof does not exist or cannot be secured as provided in 
subdivisions (a), (b) or (c), of subdivision (1) hereof, then such proof as 
may be satisfactory to the official issuing such permit may be filed in lieu 
thereof. 

(2) A certificate of the superintendent of schools or the principal of the 
scho(jl last attended by the child, or in the absence of both of the afore- 
mentioned persons, a certificate of the clerk of the school board, showing 
that such child is more than fourteen years of age, and stating also the date 
of the birth of such child, and the number of years it has attended school. 
Such certificate shall contain the further statement that such child has 
attended the public school, or some other school having a substantially 
equivalent course, as required by law, within the twelve months next 
preceding the date of such certificate or next preceding the fourteenth 
birthday of such child; that such child is able to read and write simple 
sentences in the EngUsh language, and is familai with the fundamental 
operations in arithmetic up to and including fractions, and that it 
has received during such one-year period, instruction in spelling, read- 
ing, writing, English grammar and geography; or in lieu of such state- 
ment relative to its educational attainmsnts, that such child has passed 
successfully the fifth grade in the public school, or in soma school 
having a substantially equivalent course, or that it has attended school for 
at least seven years. It shall be the duty ot such superintendent, principal 
or clerk to issue ceitificate upon receipt of any application in behalf of 
any child entitled thereto. 

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(3) A letter written on such regular letterhead or other business paper 
used by the person, stating the intention of such person, firm or corpora- 
tion to employ such child, and signed by such person, firm or corporation, 
or by some one duly authorized by them. 

Section 1728a. 4. No child under the age of fourteen years shall be 

. employed, required, permitted or suffered to work at 

any gainful occupation or employment at any time except 

. that during the vacation of the public or equivalent school 

in the town, district, or city where any child between 

the ages of twelve and fourteen years resides, it may be employed in any 

store, office, mercantile establishment, warehouse, telegraph, telephone 

or public messenger service in the town, district or city where it resides 

and not elsewhere; provided, that it shall have first obtained a permit in the 

same manner and under the same conditions set forth for employment 

during the regular session of the school, except that for such vacation 

permit no proof of educational qualification shall be necessary. 

C— CHILD LABOR MINORS 16 TO 17 YEARS 

Section 1728o — -2. 1. Whenever an industrial, continuation or com- 
mercial school shall be established according to the provisions of section 

rr, e 553p — 1 to 553p — 9, inclusive, of the statutes, in any 

lerm oi ^ n • i , 

, town, village or city, any minor in employment between 

the ages of sixteen and seventeen, residing in such town, 
village or city, shall attend such school in the day time not less than five 
hours per week for six months in each year or four hours per week for eight 
months, as may be determined by the local board of industrial education. 
Every employer shall allow all such minor employes a reduction in hours of 
work of not less than the number of hours the minor is by this section re- 
quired to attend school. Whenever the working time and the class time 
coincide, such reduction in hours of work shall be allowed at the time when 
the classes which the minor is by law required to attend are held. 

2. Any violation of this section shall be punished as is provided in the 
Penalty for case of violation of the provisions of section 1728a of 
violation the statutes. 

D.— MINORS TO 18 YEARS OF AGE, APPRExNTICES 

Section 2377. 1. The term "apprentice" shall mean any minor, six- 
teen years of age or over, who shall enter into any contract of service, ex- 

T\ c •^- e press or implied, whereby he is to receive from or through 
Definitioa of f;. , ■ . , . ^ , . , , 

his employer, in consideration for his services in whole or 

in part, instruction in any trade, craft or business. 

2. Every contract or agreement entered into by an apprentice with his 

employer shall be known as an indenture; such indenture shall be in 

D fi "t* f '^'^iti^g ^'^d shall be executed in triplicate, one copy of 

. , which shall be delivered to the apprentice, one to be 

indcriturc 

retained by the employer and one to be filed with the 

industrial commission of Wisconsin at Madison. 

3. Any minor, 16 years of age or over, may, by the execution of an 

rp, indenture, bind himself as hereinafter provided for a 

lerm .<-■,, 

term oi service not less than one year. 

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4. Every indenture shall be signed: 

(1) By the minor. 
igna ures ^^^ g^ ^.^^ father; and if the father be dead or legally 
incapable of giving consent or has abandoned his family, then 

(3) By the mother; and if both the father and mother be dead or legally 
incapable of giving consent, then 

(4) By the guardian of the minor, if any. 

(5) If there be no parent or guardian with authority to sign, then by 
two justices of the peace of the county of the residence of the minor, or by 
a member of the industrial commission of Wisconsin or a deputy thereof. 

(6) By the employer. 

5. Every indenture shall contain: 

(1) The names of the parties. 
Content ot ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^.^^^^ ^j ^^^ minor. 

in en ure ^^^ ^ statement of the trade, craft or business which the 

minor is to be taught, and the time at which the apprenticeship shall 
begin and end. 

(4) An agreement stating the number of hours to be spent in work, and 
the number of hours to be spent in instruction. Until the minor reaches 
the age of eighteen years, his period of instruction shall be not less than 
five per week or the equivalent and his total number of hours of instruction 
and service shall not exceed fifty-five per week. 

(5) An agreement as to the processes, methods or plans to be taught, 
and j:he approximate time to be spent at each process, method or plan. 

(6) A statement of the compensation to be paid the apprentice. 

(7) An agreement that a certificate shall be given the apprentice at the 
conclusion of his indenture, stating the terms of indenture. 

6. The employer shall pay for the time the apprentice is receiving in- 
struction, at the same rate per hour as for services. Attendance at school 

shall be certified by the teacher in charge, and failure to 
Duty ot attend school shall subject the apprentice to a penalty of 

employer j^^^ ^^ compensation for three hours for every hour such 

apprentice shall be absent without good cause. 

7. An apprentice over 18 years of age may be allowed to work overtime 
not to exceed thirty hours in any oiie month. Overtime shall be considered 

all time over ten hours in any one day, and in case the 
Overtime hours of labor are limited in the particular craft, industry 

or business, and as to the particular employer, to less than ten hours, over- 
time shall be figured as all time in any one day in excess of such limitation. 
For overtime the apprentice shall receive one and one-half times the rate 
per hour provided in his contract for regular time. 

8. If either party to an indenture shall fail to perform any of the stipu- 
lations thereof, he shall forfeit not less than one dollar nor more than one 

hundred dollais, such forfeiture to be collected on com- 
Indenture plaint of the industrial commission of Wisconsin, and paid 

annulled into the state treasury. Any indenture may be annulled by 

only by ^ ^^^ industrial commission of Wisconsin upon appfication 

commission ^^ ^.^^^^ ^^^^^ and good cause shown. 



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9. It shall be the duty of the industrial commission of Wisconsin, and 
it shall have power, jurisdiction and authority, to investigate, ascertain, 

. . determine and fix such reasonable classifications and to 

f ''vT ^^ *** issue rules and regulations, and general or special orders 

. as shall be necessary to carry out the intent and pui poses 

. , of section 2377 of the statutes. Such investigations, 

commission , n ..■ j j j t- j- 

classifications and orders, and any action, proceeding, or 

suit to set aside, vacate or amend any such order of said commission, or to 
enjoin the enforcement thereof, shall be made pursuant to the proceeding 
in sections 2394 — 41 to 2394 — -70, inclusive, of the statutes, which are 
hereby made a part hereof, so far as not inconsistent with the provisions of 
section 2377 of the statutes; and every order of the said industrial com- 
mission of Wisconsin shall have the same force and effect as the orders 
issued pursuant to said sections 2394 — 41 to 2394 — -70, inclusive, of the 
statutes, and the penalties therein shall apply to and be imposed for any 
violations of section 2377 of the statutes, excepting as to the penalties pro- 
vided in subsection 8 of section 2377. 

10. It shall be the duty of all school officers and public school teachers 

to cooperate with the industrial commission of Wisconsin 

and employers of apprentices to furnish, in a public school 

o icers o ^^ ^^^ school supported in whole or in part by public 

coopera e moneys, such instruction as may be required to be given 

apprentices. 

11. The provisions of section 2377 shall not be construed as invalidating 
Contracts any contract of apprenticeship entered into before July 
now in force 1, 1915. 

Section 1729s — 8. 1. All minors working in an occupation for 

which a living-wage has been established for minors, and who shall have 

no trade, shall, if employed in an occupation which is a' 

mors o e ^^^^^^^ industry, be indentured under the provisions of 
indentured ggpti^ns 2377 to 2386, inclusive, of the statutes. 

2. A "trade" or a "trade industry" within the meaning of this act 
shall be a trade or an industry involving physical labor and characterized 

by mechanical skill and training such as render a period 

. ""^ ® of instruction reasonably necessary. The industrial 

"* "^^f'' commission shall investigate, determine and declare what 

® "* occupations and industries are included within the phrase 

a "trade" or a "trade industry." 

3. All minors working in an occupation for which a living-wage has been 
established for minors but which is not a trade industry, who have no 

. . trade, shall be subject to the same provisions as minors 

rovisions between the ages of fourteen and sixteen as provided in 

to apply section 1728c— 1 of the statutes. 

4. The industrial commission may make exceptions to the operation 
Exception of subsections 1 and 2 of this section where conditions 
may be made make their application unreasonable. 



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E.— ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS 

(a) Truant Officers. 

Section 439b. 1. In all cities of the first class the board of education 
or any board having similar powers, shall appoint ten- or more truant 
officers; in all cities of the second and third classes, such 
ppoin men j-jq^j-^j shall appoint one or more truant officers, and in all 
cities of the fourth class the chief of police and police officers may be tru- 
ancy officers, whose duties it shall be to see that the provisions of this act 
are enforced. 

2. When of his personal knowledge, or by report or complaint from 
any resident of the city, or by report or complaint as provided herein, 
a truant officer believes that any child is unlawfully and 
liuties habitually absent from school and not otherwise receiv- 

ing instruction as provided in section 439a as amended, he shall immedi- 
ately investigate and render all service in his power, to compel such child 
to attend some public, parochial or private school which the person having 
control of the child shall designate, or if over fourteen and under sixteen 
years of age, to attend school or become regularly employed at home or 
elsewhere, and upon failure he shall serve a written notice as required in 
section 4 of this act and proceed as hereinafter provided against the person 
having charge of such child. And m all towns and villages the sheriff of 
the county, his undersheriff and deputies shall be the truant officers, and 
it shall be the duty of all truant officers named in this section to enforce 
the provisions ot this act as provided herein. 

Section 439ca. Any truant officer within this state shall have power 
to visit factories workshops, mercantile establishments and other places 
of employment in their respective localities and ascertain 
Powers whether any minors are employed therein contrary to 

law. They may require that the age and school certificates and lists of 
minors who are employed in such factories, workshops, mercantile estab- 
lishments and other places of employment, shall be produced for their in- 
spection, and they shall report all cases of such illegal employment to the 
school authorities of their respective cities, towns, villages or districts 
and to the commissioner of labor, state factory inspector or any assistant 
factory inspector. Such truant officer shall receive no compensation from 
the state for performing such services. 

(b) School Census. 

Section 439cb. It shall be the duty of the school clerk of every school 
district, the clerks of boards of education, or other officers whose duties it is 
to take the school census under the law, at the time of 
Three copies ^^j^jj^g ^^^ school census of their respective districts or 
cities, to make out three copies of such census reports, on blanks to be 
furnished by the state superintendent, and send one of such copies by 
mail, or otherwise to the proper superintendent on or before the fifteenth 
day of July of each year, and at the time of the opening of school in his 
district, he shall deliver, with the register, a copy of such census report 
to the teacher employed in said district, and if the school consists of 
two or more departments the copy shall be placed in the hands of the 

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principal. In case the district includes within its boundaries, territory 
lying in two or more counties it shah be the duty of the clerk of such dis- 
trict to make out separate copies of the census reports for 
each part of said joint district, and forward the same to 
the proper superintendents; provided that in all cities 
having a population of 2,000 or more the clerk of the board of education 
or other ofTicer, whose duty it is to take the school census shall not be re- 
quired to furnish copies of the census returns to the county superintend- 
ent, city superintendent, or teachers. Said clerks of boards of education 
and other ofTicers who shall have the care and custody of the school census 
returns, shall have their offices open at all reasonable hours, and allow and 
assist superintendents, teachers, and truant officers to examine and se- 
cure information from the school census reports on file in their offices, 
that may, in any way, aid in the enforcement of the provisions of this act. 
All teachers in public schools except teachers in high schools, shall at the 
request of the proper superintendent, while school is in session report to 
him. Said report shall show the name of the school and its location, the 
name and address of the teacher, the number of months 
school is maintained during the year, the date of opening 
and closing of the school, the names and ages of all chil- 
dren enrolled in their respective schools between the ages of seven and 
fourteen and fourteen and sixteen, the names and post-office addresses of 
the parents or other persons having control of such children, the number 
of the district and the name of the town, city, village and county in which 
said children reside, the distance such child or children reside from the 
schoolhouse in the district in which they live by the nearest traveled road, 
the number of days each such child was present and the number of days 
such child was absent during each month and such other reports re- 
quested by him, said reports to be made on blanks to be furnished by 
the county, district or state superintendent. It shall be the duty of 
„, , , , . every school clerk, or the clerk of the board of educa- 

C l€*T*k S ClUtlGS 

tion to deliver to the teachers in the public schools 
a sufficient number of blanks as described above, to supply said teach- 
ers for one school year; provided that when there shall be enrolled and 
in attendance at parochial or private schools, children residing in a county 
or counties other than the one in which the schoolhouse is located, the 
teachers in such parochial or private schools may make the reports here- 
inbefore described to the county, district or city superintendent of the 
county, or the city in which the children between the ages of seven and 
fourteen and fourteen and sixteen so attending, reside; provided further 
that in districts that include within their boundaries territory lying in 
two or more counties, or districts joint with cities having separate super- 
intendents, it shall be the duty of the public school teachers in such joint 
districts to make separate reports as provided herein to the county, dis- 
trict or city superintendent of the county or city in which the children 
between the ages of seven and fourteen and fourteen and sixteen so at- 
tending reside; and provided that the teachers in cities of 2,000 popula- 
tion or more shall not be required to make the report required herein 



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except when called upon to do so by the proper county or city superin- 
rp , , tendcnt. All teachers of private and parochial schools 

J shall keep a record embodying all the data enumerated 

in this section, and such record shall be open to the in- 
spection of all truant ofTicers specified in this act, at any and all reason- 
able times; and provided that when called upon by any truant officer, or 
superintendent, the teachers in private or parochial schools may furnish 
in writing on blanks furnished by the truant officer or superintendent 
the above mentioned data in regard to any child or children between the 
ages of seven and fourteen and fourteen and sixteen who claim, or who are 
claimed to be in attendance upon said school; and every teacher in a public 
school shall, and every teacher in a private or parochial school may promptly 
notify the proper truant officer of any child whose attendance is habitually 
p , irregular; provided such irregularity is not excused by any 

- provision of this act. Any officer or teacher in a public 

,. school who shall fail or neglect to make the reports re- 

C0IX1D11£LIXC6 

quired by this section as required, or any teacher in a priv- 
ate or parochial school who shall fail to keep a record as required in this sec- 
tion shall be subject to a forfeiture of not less than five nor more than twen- 
ty-five dollars for each such failure or neglect, said forfeiture to be sued for 
by any voter of the district where such officer resides, or where such teacher 
is employed, and recovered in the same manner other forfeitures are sued 
for and recovered under the Wisconsin statutes; one-half of the amount of 
the forfeiture to be paid to the voter bringing the action and the other half 
to be paid into the school district treasury of the district where such of- 
fender resides. 

(c) Duties of school and truancy officers. 

Section 439cc. 1. It shall be the duty of the county, district and city 
superintendents, upon receiving the reports and information as provided 
in the preceding sections, to compare carefully the re- 
? '^^ ports of attendance and enrollment, with the reports of 

the last school census on file in his office, and ascertain 
therefrom the names of all children who are not comply- 
ing with the provisions of sections 439a to 439cd, inclusive, and it shall 
be the duty of such superintendents to report the names of such chil- 
, dren, together with the names and addresses of the 

parents or those having control of such children to the 
J commissioner of labor and industrial statistics at Madi- 

repor ^^^^ upon blanks furnished for that purpose, and to the 

proper truant officer of the county, district or city. The truant officer shall 
immediately upon receipt of such report, or when he obtains information 
of delinquencies, notify by registered mail, or by the 
- , service of notice in the same manner as provided for the 

--. service of summons in a civil case in a justice court, the 
parent or the person having control of such child or chil- 
dren, to cause such child or children to be sent to some public, parochial 
or private school within five days from the date notice is deposited, prop- 
erly adressed in the postoffice, if notice is served by registered mail, or 
five days from the date of the personal service of said notice. 

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2. The notice shall inform the parent or other person in parental relation 
that the law requires that all children between the ages of seven and 
^ fourteen, and between the ages of fourteen and sixteen, 

P . if not regularly employed as provided by sections 1728a 

to 1728J, inclusive, are to be in regular attendance at some 
school as provided in section 439a. It shall be the duty of all truant offi- 
cers, after having given the notice hereinbefore described, to determine 
whether the parent or other person in parental relation has complied with 
the notice, and in case of failure to so comply, he shall immediately 
notify the commissioner of labor and industrial statistics of such failure, 
rp and within three days after having knowledge of or having 

, . been notified thereof, make complaint against said parent 

or person in parental relation having the legal charge 
and control of such child or children, before any justice of the peace in the 
county, where such party resides. 

3. Provided, that in counties where the criminal jurisdiction of the 

justice of the peace has been abolished, the court or courts now having 

p . such powers, shall have jurisdiction in cases brought under 

„ the provisions of sections 439a to 439cd, inclusive; for 

such refusal or neglect to send such child or children to 

some school as provided in sections 439a to 439cd, inclusive; and said 

justice of the peace or other court shall issue a warrant on said complaint 

and shall proceed to hear and determine the same, in the same manner as 

provided by statute for other criminal cases under his jurisdiction. All 

„ truant officers or other officers having the power of truant 

. , officers shall have the power to apprehend without war- 

, rant, any child or children found violating the provisions 

of sections 439a to 439cd, inclusive, and cause such child 

or children to be placed in some public, parochial or private school. It 

shall be the duty of all sthool officers, superintendents, teachers or other 

persons to render such assistance and furnish such information as they may 

have at their command, to aid truant officers in the performance of their 

duties. 

Section 439ce. Each county and city superintendent of schools shall 

report to the industrial commission and to the proper truant officer within 

rp ten days after the close of each month, commencing with 

, the month of October and concluding with the month of 

rcDortcd 

, May in each year, the name of each child residing in the 

county, district, or city under his supervision who during 
said month has not complied with the provisions of section 439a of the 
statutes, and the name and post-office address of the parent or guardian of 
such child. If any county or city superintendent has no names of delin- 
quent children to report for any month as provided in this section, it shall 
be the duty of such superintendent promptly to notify the industrial com- 
mission of that fact. It shall be the duty of each county and city superin- 
^ . , tendent of schools to require suitable monthly reports 

, ^ ^ from the teachers under his jurisdiction in order to assist 

by truant , • / , ■ , ^ 

~n. such superintendent in preparing the aforesaid reports. 

Immediately upon serving the notice as provided in 

sections 439b and 439cc of the statutes upon the parent or guardian of any 

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child, it shall be the duty of the truant officer to notify the teacher of such 
„ , child of such service. The return of the child to school 

shall be promptly reported by the teacher to the truant 
.„ officer and superintendent. It shall be the duty of each 

truant officer to make a report each month to the indus- 
trial commission, showing the action taken by him in the cases of de- 
„ linquency reported to him by the superintendent. Blanks 

„». for reports by superintendents to the industrial com- 

oiiiccrs I'CDort 

mission and to the truant officer shall be furnished by 

the industrial commission. 

Section 439cf. Any superintendent of schools or any truant officer who 

violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of sections 439b, 439cb 

„ , 439cc, and 439ce of the statutes shall be subject to a for- 

Penalty 

feiture of not less than five nor more than twenty-five 

dollars for each such offense, whicli on complaint of the industrial com- 
mission may be recovered against such superintendent or truant officer 
in an action in debt brought by the attorney-general before any court of 
competent jurisdiction. 

Section 439d. The forfeiture herein provided for, when collected, 
shall be paid over to the proper treasurer, to be accounted for by him as 
money raised for school purposes in the city, town, village 
or district in which the person suffering the forfeiture re- 
sided at the time thereof. 
Section 439e. It shall be the duty of all officers empowered to take the 
school census to ascertain the number of children between the ages of seven 
p and thirteen years in their respective districts, the number 

, - of children between such ages who did not attend school, 

and, as far as possible, the cause of such failure to attend 
school. 

(d) Responsibtlity of Parent or Guardian. 

Section 439g. In all cases of refusal or neglect on the part of the parent 

or guardian and before attempting to enforce the provisions of this act, 

, it shall be the duty of the principal or superintendent of 

the school within said terriorv to serve or cause to be 
to 1)6 served ^ 

served upon the parent or guardian a demand for the 

attendance of such child who has not been excused therefrom. Such notice 
shall be in writing and give the name of each child and designate the school 
upon which attendance is required. If the parent or guardian claims that 
the child should be excused for one or more of the reasons given in section 1 
of this act, it shall be the duty of the principal or superintendent of such 
school to make immediate investigation of the matter and to place his find- 
ings in the case in writing. If after such investigation the child is found 
^ . . eligible to attend such school and the parent or guardian 

shall fail or refuse to comply therewith within ten days 
after service of a written notice to such effect, then and in such case the 
principal or superintendent of said school shall make complaint against 
such parent or guardian as required by law. 

Section 439h. Any parent or guardian failing to comply with the pro- 
visions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction there- 
p , of shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars 

nor more than twenty-five dollars or by imprisonment in 

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the county j ail not less than five days or more than thirty days, and in case 
of conviction for a second or any subsequent offense shall be punished by 
both such fine and imprisonment. 

(e) Prosecutions. 

Section 439i. It shall be the duty of the district attorney of the county 
in which su:h offense is committed to prosecute all actions arising under 
^ . the provisions of this act when such complaint is made by 

n ^'^"^P **" the superintendent or principal of the school. It is like- 
wise made the duty of sheriffs, constables and peace 
officers in the state to take cognizance of this act and assist 
principals and superintendents in carrying out its provisions. 

Authority of the Commission. 

Section 1728d. 1. It shall be the duty of the industrial commission to 
enforce all the provisions of the statutes regulating or relative to childlabor, 
and to prosecute violations of the same before any justice 
, ^ of the peace or other court of competent jurisdiction in 

in us ria ^j^^^ state. It shall be the duty of the said industrial com- 

mission and truant officers, and they are hereby authorized 
and empowered to visit and inspect, at all reasonable times, and as often as 
possible, all places covered by sections 1728a to 1728J. inclusive. The 
industrial commission, for the purpose of the enforcement of sections 
1728a to 1728J, inclusive, shall have the power of truant officers to enforce 
all legal requirements relating to school attendance. 

2. The justices of the peace in the various counties of the state of Wis- 
consin shall have criminal jurisdiction of actions brought for violations 
„ of all statutes regulating or relative to child labor, not- 

. . withstanding any statute depriving such justices of the 

peace in any county of such jurisdiction. Nothing con- 
tained herein, however, shall deprive the municipal courts and other 
courts of record of concurrent jurisdiction, nor shall anything contained 
herein be construed to give justices of the peace in cities of the first class 
jurisdiction of such actions. 

Section 2394 — 52. It shall also be the duty of the industrial com- 
mission, and it shall have power, jurisdiction and authority: 

(1) [Does not relate to industrial education.] 

(2) To administer and enforce, so far as not otherwise provided for in 
the statutes, the laws relating to child labor, laundries, stores, employment 

of females, licensed occupations, school attendance, bakeries, 
o en orce employment offices, intelligence offices and bureaus, 
manufacture of cigars, sweatshops, corn shredders, wood- 
sawing machines, fire escapes and means of egress from 
buildings, scaffolds, hoists, ladders and other matters relating to the erec- 
tion, repair, alteration or painting of buildings and structures, and all 
other laws protecting the life, health, safety and welfare of employes in 
employments and places of employment and frequenters of places of em- 
ployment. 



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CHAPTER IV 

LAWS RELATED TO THE LAWS ON INDUSTRIAL 

EDUCATION 

A.— STATE SUPERINTENDENT AND INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION 

Section 166. He* shall have general supervision over the common 
schools of the state, and it shall be his duty: 

(1), (2), (3) [Do not relate to industrial education. j 

(4) To endeavor to arouse an intelligent interest among the people of 

the state in the general subject of industrial and commercial education, 

including manual training, agriculture and domestic 

science, and to awaken and educate public sentiment 

for the suitable introduction of these subjects into the 

public schools, and to make such inspection and investigation as may be 

necessary for the intelligent surpervision of the work therein. 

Section 553p — 2. 1. The state superintendent of education shall 
appoint an assistant in the department of public instruction to be known 
as the assistant for industrial education. He shall with the advice, consent 
and direction of the state superintendent of education have general super- 
vision over the public industrial schools and over all public evening schools, 
continuation schools and commercial schools created under sections 
553p — 1 to 553p — 15, inclusive. The laws relating to agricultural schools 
and the Platteville mining trade school shall remain unafTected by said 
sections. 

2. [Repealed by 1913c. 772s. 115.] 

3. The state superintendent of education shall have in addition to 
the assistant for industrial education such , other assistants as he shall 
deem necessary for work in the sanle general field. 

B.— UNIVERSITY EXTENSION DIVISION 

Section 1494j. 1. The board of regents of the university are directed 
University to carry on educational extension and correspondence 
extCMsion teaching. 

C— SPECIAL USE OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 

Section 435e. 1 . Boards of school directors in cities of the first, second 
or third class are hereby authorized to establish and maintain for children 
and adult persons, in the school buildings and on the 
school grounds, under the custody and management of 
, J . such boards, evening schools, vacation schools, reading 

rooms, library stations, debating clubs, gymnasiums, 
public playgrounds, public baths and similar activities, and accommo- 
dations to be determined by such boards, without charge to the residents of 

♦The state superintendent. 

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such cities; also to co-operate with commissioners of boards having the 
custody and management in such cities of public parks, libraries, museums 
and public buildings and grounds of whatever sort, and by making arrange- 
ments satisfactory to such boards of school directors, and such commis- 
sioners or boards controlling other public buildings and grounds, to 
provide the equipment, supervision, instruction and oversight necessary 
to carry on public educational and recreational activities, as described in 
this section, in buildings and upon grounds in the custody and under the 
management of such commissioners or boards having charge of public 
parks, libraries, museums or public buildings and grounds of whatever 
sort in such cities of the first, second or third class. 

2. If any board of school directors shall neglect or refuse to proceed as 
authorized in this section, the question of their action as herein authorized 

. . shall upon petition to that effect by not less than ten 

e I ion p^^ ^^^^ ^j ^j^g number of voters voting at the last school 

1 necessary ^^ other election in such city, be submitted to the electors 
of the school district at the next election of any sort held therein, and if a 
majority of the votes cast upon such proposition shall be in favor thereof . 
then the board of school directors shall proceed to undertake and organize 
this work as authorized in this section. 

3. Boards of school directors in cities of the first, second or third class 
shall report to the common council of such cities at or before the first 

meeting of such common council in September of each 
", ®^ year, the amount of money required for the next fiscal 

es ima e ^^^^ ^^^ ^j^^ support of the aforementioned activities 

of a similar nature which may have been previously determined upon by 
such boards of school directors, and it shall be the duty of such common 
council to levy and collect a tax upon all the property, subject to taxation 
in said city, at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes are 
levied and collected by law, which shall be equal to the amount of money 
so required for such purposes by the said board of school directors as pro- 
vided in this section; provided, that the tax so levied upon each dollar of 
the assessed valuation of all property, real and personal, in said city, 
subject to taxation, shall not in any one year exceed two-tenths mill for 
the purpose of the activities hereinbefore mentioned in this section, and 
other similar activities which may have been determined upon by such 
board of school directors of each city. The said tax shall not be used or 
appropriated, directly or indirectly, for any other purpose than that pro- 
vided in this section. 

4. All moneys received by or raised in such city for the aforementioned 
purpose shall be paid over to the city treasurer, to be disbursed by him 
_. , on orders of such board of school directors in sjach city, 

countersigned by the comptroller in the same manner 
that other funds at the disposal of such board of school 
directors in such city are disbursed by them. But the tax provided for in 
this section shall not be levied or collected, nor shall the board of school 
directors, as provided in this section, have authority to require the levy 
„ - and collection of such tax, until after the question of the 

^Vt **^^ A '^^y ^"^ collection of such tax shall have been submitted 
to the qulaified school electors, of such city at some regu- 
lar or special election, and shall have been favorably voted 
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upon by a majority of those voting upon such question at such election. 
The question as to the levy and collection of such special tax shall be sub- 
mitted to the voters in the usual manner upon request of the board of 
school directors in such city, or the question of the levy of such tax shall 
be submitted upon a petition to that effect, signed by not less than ten per 
cent of the number of voters voting at the last school election, held pre- 
viously in such city. 

5. After the question of the levy and collection of such special tax has 
been submitted to and approved by the voters as provided in this section, 

the authority shall remain, and such tax shall be levied 
nnua y ^^^ collected annually until such time as the voters of 

CO ecte ^j^g school district of such city shall, by majority vote, 

order the discontinuance of the levy and collection of such tax. The ques- 
tion of the discontinuance of the levy and collection of such tax shall be 
submitted to the voters in the same manner and under the same conditions 
as the proposition to authorize the levy and collection of the said tax. 

6. The board of school directors in any city covered by this section, is 
also empowered to receive and expend for the purposes of this section any 

sums of money appropriated and turned over to them by 
^^'^ ** the common council of such city for such purposes; and 

^^ "** the common council of such city shall have authority to 

irectors appropriate and turn over to the board of school directors 

empowere ^^ ^^^ school district of such city any reasonable sums of 

money which the said common council may desire to appropriate out of the 
general fund of such city and turn over to the said board of school directors 
for the purposes herein set forth. 

Section 515a. The board of school directors of any school district or 
the board of education of any city is authorized and empowered to provide 
for employment of competent persons to deliver lectures 
ree ec ures ^^ ^^^ natural sciences, on historical, literary, or other 
educational subjects, in the public school buildings, in public library build- 
ings or in other suitable places of said district or city, and to particularly 
provide for the further education of the adult persons of such community. 
Section 515b. The said board of education shall have power to pur- 
- chase the books, stationery, charts and other things neces- 
Furc ase o essary and expedient to successfully conduct said lec- 
books, contro ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ designate some person who shall have the 
o ec ures management and control of such lectures. 

Section 515c. No admission fee shall be charged and at least one 
school building or public library building shall be designated by said 
. . board of education for the purpose of carrying out the 
No admission provisions of this act; and said lectures shall be delivered 
u *** A ^^ ^^^^ school or library building between the first day of 

charged • October and the thirty-first day of March in each year, 

which lectures shall be advertised in a newspaper published in said city at 
least one week in advance of the delivery thereof. 

Section 515d. The board of education is hereby authorized, previous 
to the first day of September in each year, to meet and 
"" * provide the necessary appropriation for the purpose of 

carrying out the provisions of sections 515a, 515b, and 515c. 

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D.— TRADE SCHOOLS 

Section 926-22. Any city in the state of Wisconsin or any school 
district having within its limits a city desiring to establish, conduct and 
maintain a school or schools for the purpose of giving 
o may practical instruction in the useful trades to young men 

esta IS having attained the age of fourteen years and young 

women having attained the age of fourteen years, as a part of the public 
school system of such city, is empowered to do so by complying with the 
provisions of sections 926-23 to 926-30, inclusive, statutes of 1898. 

Section 926 — 23. Such trade school or schools shall be under the super- 

5j . . vision and control of the school boards of the respective 

cities or school districts in which they may be located. 

Section 926 — 24. The school board of every such city or school district 

is given full power and authority to establish, take over and maintain a 

,, , trade school or schools, equip the same with proper ma- 

IVlaiiiteiiaiice > -i x- r r 

chinery and tools, employ a competent instructor or in- 
structors, and give practical instruction in one or more of the common 
trades. Such a trade school shall not be maintained, however, unless there 
be an average enrollment of at least thirty scholars. 

Section 926 — 25. Whenever any school board shall have established or 
taken over an established trade school, such school board may prepare the 
. courses of study, employ instructors, purchase all machin- 

ery, tools and supplies, purchase or lease suitable grounds 
or buildings for the use of such school and exercise the 
same authority over such school which it now has over the schools under 
its charge. 

Section 926^26. Whenever any school board shall have established or 

taken over an already established trade school or schools, it may appoint 

an advisory committee to be known as the committee on 

trade schools, consisting of five citizens not members of 
committee ^, i i i i i r i. j • 

the school board, each ot whom is experienced in one or 

more of the trades to be taught in the school or schools, to assist in the ad- 
ministration of the trade school or schools located in that city, which com- 
mittee shall be appointed by the president of such school board with the 
approval of the majority of the board. Such committee shall have author- 
ity, subject to the approval and ratification of the school board, to prepare 
courses of study, employ or dismiss instructors, purchase machinery, tools 
and supplies, and purchase or rent suitable grounds or buildings for the use 
of such trade schools. When any such committee on trade schools is ap- 
pointed, two of its original members shall be appointed for the term of 
one year, two for the term of two years, and one for the term of three 
years, and thereafter, as the terms of these members so appointed expire, 
their successors shall be appointed each for the term of three years. In 
case of any vacancy during the term of any member of said committee, 
said school board shall fill such vacancy by appointment for such unex- 
pired term. 

Section 926 — 27. Students attending any such trade school may be 

required to pay for all material consumed by them in their work in such 

^ J „ school at cost prices or in lieu thereof the school board may 

establish a fixed sum to be paid by each student in each 

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course which sum shall be sufficient to cover, as nearly as may be, the cost 
of the material to be consumed in such course; any manufactured articles 
made in such school may be disposed of at the discretion of the school 
board, and the proceeds shall be paid into the trade school fund. 

Section 926 — 28. Whenever any such school board shall have decided 
to establish a trade school or schools, or to take over one already estab- 
lished, under the provisions of sections 926 — 22 to 926 — 

se o un 2Q^ inclusive, of the statutes, a tax, not exceeding three- 
tenths of a mill upon the dollar on the total assessed valuation of all prop- 
erty, real and personal, of such city, subject to taxation, shall be levied, 
upon the requisition of the school board, as other school taxes are levied in 
such city; the fund derived from such taxation shall be known as the "trade 
school fund," shall be used in establishing and maintaining a trade school or 
trade schools in such city, shall not be delivered or used for any other pur- 
pose whatsoever, and may be disposed of and disbursed by the school 
board of such city in the same manner and pursuant to the same regula- 
tions governing the disposition and disbursement of regular school funds 
by such boards. 

Section 926 — 29. Any school board desiring to avail itself of the pro- 
visions of this act, may, before the trade school fund herein provided for 
becomes available, establish, take over, equip and main- 

mergency ^^.^ ^ trade school or schools out of the regular school 
provision funds which may be at the disposal of such school board, 

provided, however, that ail moneys used for these purposes out of the 
regular schoDJ funds shall be refunded within three vears from the trade 
school fund. 

Section 926 — 30. 1. When the school board of any city of the second, 

third or fourth class, or the school board of any school district having 

within its limits such a city, shall determine to establish, 

nnounce- ^^j^^ over, conduct or maintain such trade school, it shall 
f**^" ? publish notice of its intention so to do with a copy of the 

'** ^T^i-^'ir ** resolution or order expressing such determination once 
^* ^ ^* each week for four successive weeks in a newspaper pub- 

lished in said school district and shall take no further steps in said matter 
until the expiration of thirty days from the date of the first publication. 

2. If within such thirty days there shall be filed with the clerk of such 
city a petition signed by a number of electors of the school district equal 

to twenty per centum of the number of votes cast in said 
city at the last municipal election praying that the ques- 
permi e ^.^^ ^^ ^^^ establishment, taking over, conduct and main- 

tenance of such trade school shall be submitted to the vote of the electors 
of such school district, the city clerk shall at the earliest opportunity lay 
such petition before the common council. The common council shall there- 
upon at its next regular meeting by resolution or ordinance direct the city 
clerk to call a special election for the purpose of submitting such question 
to the electors of such city and school district. 

3. Such election shall be noticed and conducted and canvassed in ac- 

cordance with the provisions of section 943, of the 
^on uc o statutes. All electors within the territory constituting 
e ec ion ^^^^^ school district, qualified to vote at any election per- 

taining to school district matters shall be entitled to vote. 

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4. If any of said school districts shall be beyond the limits of such city, 
the city clerk shall immediately upon the passage of the resolution or 
. J, . . ordinance by the city council ordering such election, 
... transmit a copy thereof to the clerk of the town or towns of 

which such territory is constituted. The clerk or clerks of 
said towns shall thereupon cause a noticeof such election to be given and 
such election to be held and canvassed as provided in section 943. 

5. If a majority of the ballots cast in such school district shall be in 
favor of the establishment, taking over, conducting or maintenance of 
„ - „ such trade school, then such board shall proceed as hereto- 
fore provided to establish, take over, conduct and main- 

diction. 

tain such trade school. But if a majority shall vote against 

such proposition to establish, take over, conduct and maintain a trade 

school, the board shall take no further steps towards such end. 

6. If no petition to submit such proposition to establish, take over or 
maintain a trade school to the vote of the electors shall be filed with the 
J „ . . city clerk within thirty days after the first publication 

, of the notice of the determination of the school board to 

take such action, then such school board may proceed as 
hereinbefore provided without submitting such proposition to the electors 
of the district. • 

E.— CITY TECHNICAL SCHOOLS 

Section 490m. Any city may establish a technical school or college as 
a part of its public school system, provided the resolution establishing 
such school or college shall be submitted to the electors 
Procedure of such city in substantially the same manner as provided 

to be used - in section 490 in the case of high schools and the resolu- 
tion so submitted be adopted. The resolution shall pro- 
vide for the organization of such school or college and may confer the 
management and control on the existing school board or on a special board 
created thereby. The resolution may be amended or repealed by a resolu- 
tion submitted and adopted in the same manner as above provided. 



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APPENDIX 
LIST OF STATUTE SECTIONS PRINTED IN THIS BULLETIN 

PUBLIC INTEREST 
Section of 
Statutes Section 

166-4 State superintendent to arouse public interest IV A 

SALARIES 

170-5 State superintendent and assistants for industrial 

education II D 

170-59 Members State Board of Industrial Education II D 



APPROPRIATIONS 
172-49 State Board of Industrial Education; Stout Institute 



II D 



435e 



439a 

439a-l 

439b 

439ca 
439cb 

439cc 

439cd 

439ce 

439cf 

439d 

439e 

439g 

439h 
439i 



490m 
515a 
515b 
515c 

515d 
5531-1 



COMMON SCHOOLS 

Use of school buildings and grounds for auxiliary- 
educational ^nd recreational activities; referendum; 

taxation; appropriation IV C 

Compulsory school attendance Ill A 

Compulsory vocational school attendance Ill A 

Truant officers; number in cities; sheriffs to be, 

where Ill E 

Powers of truant officers Ill E 

Attendance; and by clerks; records and reports by 

teachers, public and private; forfeit for failure Ill E 

Reports to truancy officers; notice to parents; prose- 
cution Ill E 

Truant officers' compensation II D 

Truancy reports to Industrial Commission Ill E 

Penalty Ill E 

Use of forfeiture Ill E 

Census officers' duty Ill E 

Refusal or neglect of guardian to cause attendance of 

child Ill E 

Penalty Ill E 

Duty of district attorney; sheriff ; etc Ill E 

MISCELLANEOUS 

City technical school IV F 

Free lectures IV C 

Purchase of books; control of lectures IV C 

No admission fee to be charged; lectures when to be 

given IV C 

Appropriation IV C 

Teachers' minimum salary IV E 

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INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION LAW 



State Board 
Section of 

Statutes Section 

553p-l Organization; functions II A 

553p-2 State superintendent to appoint assistant for indus- 
trial education; salary; employes II A 

Local Boards ' 

553p-3 Organization; powers , II B 

Ft53p-4 Estimated expenses for maintenance; mill-tax ap- 
propriation; collection and segregation thereof '. II B 

553p-5 Courses of study II B 

553p-6 State aid; procedure for obtaining II B 

553p-7 Requirements for admission of pupils II B 

553p-8 Non-resident tuition fees II B 

553p-9 Charges for material consumed II'B 

Trustees of Stout Institute 

553p-10 Status; general powers and duties; employes II C 

553p-ll Board may accept the Stout Institute and other 

donations, and hold same in trust II C 

553p-12 Purposes and objects of institute II C 

553p-13 Powers of trustees to control and regulate institute II C 

553p-14 Repealed by 1913 chap. 677 section 2 II C 

553p-15 Provisions of sections 926-22 to 926-30 preserved II C 

TRADE SCHOOLS 

925q-163 Tax levies IV D 

926-22 Establishment IV D 

926-23 School boards to control IV D 

926-24 Power of board; enrollment..... IV D 

926-25 Management of trade school IV D 

926-26 Advisory commitee; appointment qualifications, 

term, powers, vacancy IV D 

926-27 Incidental fees, sale of product IV D 

926-28 Tax for trade school fund IV D 

926-29 Temporary transfers from regular school fund IV D 

926-30 Vote for and against establishment, board to act in 

absence of petition for vote IV D 

UNIVERSITY EXTENSION DIVISION 

1494J University Extension Division IV B 

CHILD LABOR REGULATIONS 

1728a (1) Child labor permit Ill B 

1728a-3 Form of permit; data filed with application Ill B 

1728a (4) Vacation employment permits Ill B 

1728a-ll Children over fourteen, permits where evening schools 

are maintained Ill B 

1728a-12 Duty of parents Ill B 

1728a-13 Records of school attendance to be delivered to and 

filed by employer HI B 

1728a-14 Physician's certificate excusing from school attend- 
ance Ill B 

1728a-15 Permit under 1728a does not excuse from attendance III B 

1728a-16 Penalties on employers for violations Ill B 

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Section of 

Statutes Section 

1728a-17 Penalty on parents Ill B 

1728c-l Child over fourteen; compulsory school attendance: 

deduction from hours of labor; penalty Ill B 

1728d Inspection and prosecutions under child labor law; 

jurisdictionof justice of the peace Ill E 

17280-2 School attendance of employes between the ages 

of sixteen and seventeen Ill C 

1729S-8 Apprentices Ill D 

MASTERS AND APPRENTICES 
2377 Designation of indenture and apprentice. Ill D 

INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION 
2394-52.2 Power to administer and enforce school attendance .... HIE 



36 



INDEX 



TO THE 



BULLETIN ON INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION 



SUBJECT Se 
A 


otion of 
uUetin 

..III A 

y 

.11 D 

.11 A 
.11 A 
IIB 
.11 A 
..III E 
..III D 

.11 D 
.11 D 

.11 A 
..IIB 
IIB 

.11 A 

.11 A 
.11 D 

..IIB 


Page 
No. 

15 


Amount of state aid to count 


13 




34 


Appointments — 

of State Boad of Ind. Ed 


6 


by State Board of Ind. Ed 


6 

7 


by Supt. of Public Instruc 


6 
22 


Apprentices... 


19 
20 


contracts in force, 1915 


21 
19 


employer's duty 


20 
21 




19 




20 


indenture, minors 

indentures, signatures on 

jurisdiction of Ind. Com 


21 
20 
21 
21 


overtime of^ 

provision for other minora 


20 
21 
20 


school 


21 
19 




21 


Appropriation— 

to State Bd. of Ind. Ed 

for state aid to county schools. 
Approved achools — 


13 
13 

6 




7 


courses of study 

Assistants, for industrial education- 


8 
6 


to superintendent 

compensation of 

Attendance, over 14 yra. employed 


6 

12 
10 



SUBJECT Section of 

Bulletin 

Attendance, school — 

14 to 16 years, unemployed 

alternative .-.Ill A 

certificate of age Ill A 

court jurisdiction Ill A 

defense for non-att Ill A 

exceptions to...., Ill A 

penalty for non Ill A 

prosecution for non-att Ill A 

Attendance, school — 

14 to 16 yrs. employed Ill B 

contents of permit Ill B 

enforced Ill E 

excuse for non Ill B 

no excuse for non Ill B 

evidence to secure permit Ill B 

hours of work Ill B 

hours of school Ill B 

parent's responsibility Ill B 

permit to work req Ill B 

penalty on parents Ill B 

penalty on employer Ill B 

reduction in hours of work Ill B 

record of attendance Ill B 

to have permits Ill B 

Attendance, school — 
16 to 17 yrs. employed 

terms of Ill C 

penalty for violation Ill C 

B 

Board of industrial education — 

(see state board) II A 

(see local board) II B 

Budget of local board II B 

Budget for special purposes IV C 

Buildings, special tise of school IV C 

C 
Census, school — 

clerk's duty Ill E 

compared with enrollment Ill E 

officers' duty Ill E 



Page 
No. 



14 
15 
15 

15 
14 
15 
15 

16 
18 
22 
17 
17 
18 
16 
16 
16 
17 
17 
17 
16 
17 
18 



137 



SUBJECT Section of 

Bulletin 

Census, school — 

in joint districts Ill E 

reports on Ill E 

Child labor- 
see minors 14 to 16. 
see minors 16 to 17. 
see minors to 18. 

Children (see minors) 

Citizenship (see instruction) 

City technical schools IV E 

Conmiercial schools Ill B 

Commerce (see instruction') 

Compensation of — 

assistant for ind. ed II D 

members state board II D 

teachers, minimum wage II D 

truant officers II D 

Complaints by truant officers Ill E 

Continuation Schools Ill B 

Contracts (see indentures) 

Contract with Extension Division II B 

Courses of study, industrial schools .II B 

Court jurisdiction Ill A 

D 
Dean, University Extension Divisionll A 

Dean, College of Engineering II A 

Demand for instruction II B 

Defense for non-attendance Ill A 

Disbursements by local board II B 

Disbursements by state board II D 

Disbursements for special uses IV C 

Domestic science (see instruction) 
Duties and powers of — 

census clerks Ill E 

census officers Ill E 

employers Ill D 

industrial commission Ill E 

local school boards IV C 

local industrial boards II B 

parents and guardians Ill E (d) 

school superintendents Ill E 

school officers Ill E (c) 

state industrial board II A 

state superintendent II A 

truant officers Ill E 

trustees of Stout Institute II C 

E 

Employer of apprentices HI D 

Employer to permit reduction in 

hours of work Ill B 

Employer to receive record of 

school attendance Ill B 

Employment of — 

minors Ill B (b) 

teachers II B 

Enforcement of laws Ill E 

English (see instruction) 

Enrollment compared with census Ill E 

Establishment of schools (see schools) 



No. 



SUBJECT Section of Page 

Bulletin No. 
Excuses for non-attendance 

minors 14 to 16 unemployed Ill A 14 

minors 14 to 16 employed Ill B 17 

Expenditures (see disbursements) 

Extension Division contracts II B 8 

Extension Division IV B 28 

F 

Fees- 
Industrial school II B 10 

Trade school IV D 31 

Special lectures IV C 30 

Student H B 10,1V D 31 

Forfeitiue money, use of Ill E 26 

Funds for — 

special use of school bldgs IV C 28 

trade schools IV D 32, II D 13 

State Board of Ind. Ed II D 13 

local board of ind. ed II D 13 

industrial schools II D 13 

G 

Guardian, responsibility of. Ill Ed 26 

H 

Hours of work 14 to 16 yrs Ill B 16 

Hours of work, reduction in Ill B 16 

Hours of school, 14 to 16 yrs. em- 
ployed IIIB 16 

Hours of school, 14 to 16 yrs Ill A 14 

Hours of school, 16 to 17 yrs Ill C 19 

Hours of school, apprentices Ill D 20 

Household arts (see instruction) 
Hygiene (see instruction) 

I 

Income, use of by local board II B 7 

Indenture, apprentice — 

content of Ill D 20 

definition of Ill D 19 

annulled by Ill D 20 

minors to be Ill D 21 

signatures on Ill D 20 

now in force Ill D 21 

Industrial commission- 
prosecution by Ill E 27 

to enforce attendance Ill E 27 

jurisdiction of apprentices Ill D 27 

duties and powers Ill E 27 

Industrial education — 

see appropriations for II D 13 

see assistants for II A 6 

see local boards of II B 7 

see school attendance Ill 14 

see state board II A 6 

see Stout Institute II C 11 

see related laws IV 28 

Industrial schools II B 7 

tax levy II D 13 

Instruction demanded II B 8 

Instruction by Extension Div II B 8 



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SUBJECT Section of 

Bulletin 

Instruction to be given — 

to apprentices... Ill D 

in trades II B 

in industries II B 

in commerce II B 

in iiousehold arts II B 

in English II B 

in citizenship II B 

in sanitation II B 

in hygiene II B 

in safety devices, use of II B 

Introduction I 



Jurisdiction of ind. comm Ill D 

Jurisdiction of courts Ill A 



Local board of ind. education — 

appointment of II B 

appointment by II B 

budget estimate II B 

contracts with Ext. Div 

courses of study .• 

demand for instruction 

disbursements by 

duties of 

Extension Div. contracts 

foes of students 

instruction demanded 

instruction by Ext. Division 

incom'3 of, use of 

location of 

organization of 

personell 

powers of 

powers of purchase 

pupils, resident v 

pupils, non-resident 

pupils, fees 

purpose of 

purchasing power of.. 

report to state superintendent.., 

state aid to 

state aid, maximum 

state aid, title to 

state aid, payment of 

.'tate aid, prorating of 

state superintendent, report to .. 

student fee 

tax levy 

tax levy, rate of 

tax levy, use of money 

teachers, employment of 

term of office of 

Local school boards — 

duties of IV C 30, IV 



No. 



7 
D 31 



SUBJECT Section of Page 

Bulletin No, 
M 

Maintenance of trade schools IV D 31 

Members of state board II D 12 

(see frontispiece for names) 
(see state board for duties, etc.) 

Minimum wages to teachers II D 13 

Minors — 

7 to 14 yrs. and 11 to 16 yrs Ill A U 

attendance, term of Ill A 14 

age, certification of. Ill A 15 

alternative Ill A 15 

court juTLsdiction Ill A 15 

defense for non-attendance Ill A 15 

exceptions to attendance Ill A 14 

jurisdiction of courts Ill A 15 

penalty for non-attendance Ill A 15 

prosecution Ill A 15 

term of attendance Ill A 14 

Minors 14 to 16 years employed — 

attendance Ill B. 16 

record to employer Ill B 17 

hours of school Ill B 16 

hours of work, reduction Ill B 16 

e.tcuses Ill B 17 

employment, terms of Ill B (.b) 16 

parents responsibility Ill B 16 

penalty on employer Ill B 17 

penalty on parent ...Ill B 17 

permits to work Ill B (c) 17 

to have permits Ill B 18 

contents of Ill B 18 

evidence in Ill B 18 

record of attendance Ill B 17 

school attendance Ill B (a) 16 

term of employment Ill B (b) 16 

violation Ill B 16 

Minors 16 to 17 years employed — 

term of attendance Ill C 19 

penalty for violation Ill C 19 

Minors to 18 years — 
(see apprentice) 

Minors not indentured.... II D 21 

N 

Notice to parents Ill E 26 



Organization of — 

local board II B 7 

state board II A 6 

Overtime of apprentice Ill D 20 



Penalties — 

for non-attend. 7 to 14, 14 to 16..III A 15 

on parents, 14 to 16 employed. ...Ill B 17 

on employer, 14 to 16 yrs Ill B 17 

for non-attend.<ince 16 to 17 yrs. Ill C 19 

on school superintendents Ill E 26 



59 



SUBJECT Section of Page 

Bulletin No. 
Penalty — 

school census Ill E 24 

truant oiEcers Ill E 26 

Permits to work — 

contents of Ill B 18 

evidence, to secure Ill B 18 

required Ill B 17 

vacation Ill B 19 

Personell , of state board II A 2, 6 

Personell of local board : II B 7 

Petition for special purpose IV C 29 

Power of — 

state board II A 6 

Stout Institute trustees II C 11 

local board II B 7 

purchase by local board II B 7 

trustees Stout Inst II C 11 

truant officers Ill E 22 

school boards IV C 30 

special of school board IV C 28 

Pro-rating of state aid II B 9 

Prosecutions — 

by industrial oomm Ill E 27 

court jurisdiction Ill E 27 

of parents Ill E 25 

on complaint of seliool officer Ill E 27 

for non-attendance 14-16 Ill A 15 

Public interest aroused IV A 28 

Pupils- 
fees II B 10 

non-resident II B 10 

resident II B 9 

return to school ..Ill E 26 

Purchasing power of local boards II B 7 

Purpose of local boards II B 7 

of Stout Institute II C 11 

Parents, responsibility of Ill E 26 

Parents, responsibility of Ill B 16 

Parents, notified Ill E 26 

Payment of state aid II B 9 



R 



Rate of tax levy II B 26 

Records bv teachers Ill E 24 

Record of attendance to employer Ill B 17 

Reports — 

of school census Ill E (b) 22 

to state supt. by local boards II B 9 

to state supt. by co. school bds....III E 25 

to employer on attendance Ill B 17 

teachers for census Ill E 23 

of truant officers Ill E 26 

to teachers Ill E 23 

truants' names Ill E 24 

ResponsiI)ility of parent or guardian 

III Ed, 26, III B 16 



Sanitation (see instruction) 
Safety devices (see instruction) 



SUBJECT Section oi 

Bulletin 

School attendance (see instruction) — 
boards (see local boards) 
buildings, special use of for 

children and adults IV C 

petition for IV C 

budget for IV C 

disbursements for IV C 

tax levy TV C 

director's power IV C 

School Census — 

copies to be made Ill E 

clerk's duties Ill E 

compare with enrollment Ill B 

districts, joint Ill E 

duties of clerk Ill E 

penalty for non-compliance Ill E 

report of teachers Ill E 

teachers' records Ill E 

teachers' reports Ill E 

Schooling for apprentices II D 

School officers' duties Ill E (c) 

Schools (see also instruction) — 

city technical IV E 

commercial Ill B 

continuation Ill B 

evening Ill B 

industrial Ill B 

trade IV D 

School superintendents — 

to compare enrollment with 

census Ill E 

to report truants' names Ill E 

penalty on Ill E 

Sentiment, public IV A 

■State aid to industrial schools II B, 

State aid, maximum II B 

State aid, title to II B 

State aid, payment of II B 

State aid, prorating of II B 

State aid, appropriations for II D 

State Board of Industrial Education — 

appointment of II A 

appointment by II A 

appropriations for II D 

assistants to II A 

organization of II A 

powers and duties.... II A 

term ol office II A 

compensation of II D 

trustees of Stout Inst II C 

State superintendent — 

duties, etc II A 

public sentiment IV A 

(see also reports) 
Stout Institute — 

powers of board, defined II C 

powers of board, general II C 

powers ol board, specific II C 

purpose of II C 

relation to trade schools II C 



No. 



28 
29 
29 
29 
29 
30 

22 
23 
24 
23 
23 
24 
23 
24 
23 
13 
24 

33 
16 
16 
16 
16 
31 



24 

24 

24 

28 

7 

9 

9 

9 

9 

12 

6 

7 

12 

6 



40 



SUBJECT Sectiou of Page 

Bulletin No. 

Student fees II B 10 

Supervision of trade schools IV D 3 1 

T 

Tax levy II B 8 II D 13 

rate of II B 8 II D 13 

use of money II B 8 

industrial schools II D 13 

trade schools II D 13 

for special purpose IV C 30 

trade schools IV D 31 

Teachers, employment of II B 7 

minimum wages II D 13 

Teacher's records for census Ill E 24 

Teacher's report to tniant officers.... Ill E 23 

Technical schools, city IV E 33 

Term of office, state board 11 A 6 

Term of office, local board II B 7 

Term of employment (see minors) 

Term of apprenticeship It D 19 

Term of attendance (see attendance) 

Title to state aid II B 9 

Trade industry defined Ill D 21 

Trade instruction (see instruction) 

Trade schools IV D ■ 31 

relation to Stout Inst II C 12 

tax levy II D 13 

who may establish IV D 31 

supervision 31 

maintenance 31 

duties of board 31 

advisory committee 31 

student fees 31 

use of funds 32 

emergency provision 32 

announcement of intention 32 

referendum 32 



SUBJECT Section of 

Bulletin 

Trade schools — 

elections, conduct of IV D 

adjoining districts 

results of election 

if petition not made 

tax levy 

Truant officers — 

appointment of Ill E 

compensation of II D 

complaint catered by Ill F 

duties of Ill E 

notice to parents Ill E 

powers of Ill E 

penalty on Ill E 

pupils return reported to Ill E 

report of Ill E 

report to teachers Ill E 

truants reported Ill E 

warrant not required Ill E 

Trustees of Stout Institute II G 

(see Stout Institute) 

U 

Use of forfeit money Ill E 

Use of school bldgs., special IV C 

Use of taxes II B 

University Extension IV B 

V 

Vacation permits Ill B 

ViolatioiLs (see penalties) 

W 
Wages of teachers, in state aid 

schools II D 

Warrant not required Ill E 

Work, hours of Ill B 



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No. 

32 
33 
33 
33 



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